Money in the Bank 2011 Live Discussion - May 21, 2020

[Chris]

Like from day one, he was obviously so much more experienced and skilled and had the understanding way ahead of the WWE homegrowns

And he was offered to skip developmental but said nah bc he needed to learn the WWE style more GOAT THINGS

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

I think they eventually realized that he was better just as himself

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

But also

 

[Chris]

Big Johnny getting name dropped on screen for the first time almost time for Mr. Excitement

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

Ryder kills it here

 

[Chris]

I did also love that they had the angle that Vince was still trying to resign Bryan as the PPV was still going on

 

[Hoss]

Man I still stand by Zack Ryder being a legit upper card guy

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I really thought Bryan's career in WWE was going nowhere at this point, like I was enjoying his midcard run and stuff and was content if that's all he ever actually did bc he didn't "Fit" in WWE to me still, but holy fuck they got behind him and that turned out to be a GREAT FUCKING MOVE

You weren’t wrong. It would take two years before WWE came to see it and even then it took Punk leaving abruptly and fans shitting on Batista returning.

 

[Hoss]

Maybe not anymore, but in the early 2010s for sure

 

[Chris]

Booking this match in Chicago too Bro WWE really just had a meeting in June and said "Alright we about to do the most FIRE FEW MONTHS OF PROGRAMMING IN YEARS and then we'll see what happens from there"

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I feel like Bryan has pretty much booked his whole WWE career himself by accident at this point by just doing shit

Bryan just kept doing random shit and getting it over.

 

[Chris]

Bellas getting to shake their ass in 2011 WWE was a very underrated thing tbh

 

[Chris]

Kelly tho

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

God damn I love Ryder